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Carolyn Dunn

What I do know is that you think you know the rest of this story.

About Me

Halito, siyo, stonko good people. I'm a wife, mom, poet, music maker, dance maker, playwright, PhDiva dissertator (not dictator as some would believe!), diasporic Indian from California (not a California Indian BUT and Indian from California), French Creole, coffee-drinkin' Muskoke Diva!

My Interests

Water, islands, preferably tropical with volcanoes erupting hourly; 12 string Martins and/or Rickenbackers, my children, books, music, mythic arts, New Orleans, kung fu movies; old Clint Eastwood westerns (even newer ones are ok---I'm a sucker for tall men), Los Angeles, the redwoods, anything starring Le Depp (that one went a long way to explain my pirate fetish); PIRATES (why I was one in school, why I married one); tribal tats; hunting for feathers in Alaska; making words.
You are a faerie of the flame. You tend to lose
your temper at the littlest thing, hot-headed.
You're a loyal friend to those who can
understand your raging moods. You're social
though claim not to be. You are no one else but
yourself and sometimes you try to hard to be
just that. You're a passionate friend, and
would do almost anything for those you care
for.

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I'd like to meet:

John Cusack


Osiyo, halito, hensci good people. I'm a wife, mom, poet, musician, songmaker, Mvskoke Diva, editor, author, and radio show producer and host in L.A. I also run a non-profit American Indian community arts organization with my husband, and am a full time doctoral student. I have no time to be visiting online but sometimes ya just need some down time. Any other poets and artists out there who wanna visit? Let me know. Any other natives out there? Let's talk story, aaayyy...! visit my other site at www.carolyndunn.com John Cusack

Music:

Let's see...where to begin: Finn Bros and all things Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House, etc.); The Church; Kate Bush, Alejandro Escovedo, Aimee Mann, Anouska Shankar, Jehan, Steve Askew and Lu Cozma; Kaja and their various incarnations (Hi Steve!); a Durannie from way back; all the LA scene in the 80's (jut an 80's girl, what can I tell ya?); Black Lodge, Kicking Woman Singers, Red Sand, Ulali, Red Drum Society Singers; the Muskoke Divas: collectively and individually (Miss Arigon Starr, Ms. Joy Harjo and myself); Lila Downes; Asena; Loretta Lynn (check out the song "Women's Prison" from Van Lear Rose---gives me chills! and "Louisiana Woman/Mississippi Man", for obvious reasons---love that Mississippi Man o' mine!); "Son of A Preacher Man"; The Beatles, especially the 1966-67 era: Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt Pepper; Emmylou; Erykah Badu; David Sylvian, "Songs of the Muskogee Creek" Vol 1 and 2 and 3; U2 from 1980-now; David Bowie always!; Ozo; Kula Shaker; Loreena McKennit, Charles de Lint & MaryAnn Harris, Lucinda Williams (fellow Louisiana Woman!), Calexico, Julian Lang, Paul Weller, Bixby Slough!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Movies:

Star Wars, (old ones), Lord of the Rings, The Terminator (Michael Biehn, are you out there???), Aliens, anything starring Le Depp, El Mariachi, Orlando (the film, not Bloom, but he's a doll too); Rear Window, North By Northwest, The Philadelphia Story, Charade, Masquerade (I always get those two mixed up but I love em both); Pow Wow Highway, Smoke Signals, Thunderheart (the ultimate Indian trilogy!); Beauty & the Beast (Cocteau and Disney both); The Passion and Braveheart (loved the kilt and the Lamb); Tombstone (you're a daisy if you do...); Raising Arizona; The Royal Tenenbaums; Grosse Point Blank; Say Anything; Galaxy Quest; Still Crazy (Bill Nighy I love you!); Dear Frankie (fancy that Stranger, d'ya?), Whale Rider, Dance Me Outside ("Hey Frank, you think girls are thinkin' somethin?"), Flags of Our Fathers
You're Lili St. Cyr!
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William Wallace


96%

El Zorro


96%

Captain Jack Sparrow


88%

Maximus


67%

Indiana Jones


67%

Neo, the "One"


46%

Lara Croft


46%

The Terminator


38%

James Bond, Agent 007


33%

Batman, the Dark Knight


25%

The Amazing Spider-Man


17%
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Television:

Law & Order - L & O, SVU, CI; Homicide- Life on The Streets (love those cop shows!) Bones, Sci Fi channel on Saturdays; Discover Channel; Buffy, Angel; Dr. Who; Battlestar Galactica (new ones) Craig Ferguson is a very truly naughty badger!

Books:

Tracks (Louise Erdrich); In Mad Love & War (Joy Harjo), Solar Storms, The Woman Who Watches Over the World (Linda Hogan); The Vintner's Luck; The Bone People (Keri Hulme); From A Native Daughter (Haunani-kay Trask); The Sacred Hoop (Paula Gunn Allen); Lambs of God; The List of 7; Smilla's Sense of Snow; The Antelope Wife; anything by Neil Gaiman, esp. Smoke and Mirrors, his short collection; Song of Songs; The Desert Is No Lady: Southwestern Landscapes in Women's Writing and Art; The Wood Wife (Terri Windling); Arrarapkiva (Julian Lang); Swim You Every River (Shaunna Oteka McCovey); anything by the Charles' (deLint and Vess); Queen Noor's autobiography was amazing; any of HD's poetry, especially the Helen stuff; I'm parital to gothic stuff old and new--- Mary Stewart from childhood, Kim Harrison; "The Dress Lodger" by Sherri Holman; anything by Carey McWilliams; The Life and Times of Joaquin Murieta, California Bandit (John Rollin Ridge);The Rose & the Beast; Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series; Thomas Ligotti, Susanna Clarke, Lorca, Sam Shepard, Matthew Fox (the theologian, not the actor), Megan McKenna, Robin McKinley is BRILLIANT!!!and my own books...

Heroes:

Jesus, Mother Theresa, my dad,my mom, my grandmothers, my aunt Dotty, Wilma Mankiller, George Harrison, Lori Piestewa ..

My Blog

The Next Step

New Journeys For those who have sent messages of condolences on the passing of my mentor, teacher, and dear friend Paula Gunn Allen, mvto. Paula was a great influence not only to me but to many other...
Posted by Carolyn Dunn on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:31:00 PST

Who are those Creoles and what is that conference about?

I posed this information on my myspace site and got great response from folks who were just confused or wondering about the difference between Cajun and Creole culture. I shall do my best to explain t...
Posted by Carolyn Dunn on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:37:00 PST

National Creole Heritage Conference

My cousin, Janet Colson, is the Director of the Creole Studies Center at Northwestern Louisiana State University and is doing excellent work on the preservation of Creole identity --- language, religi...
Posted by Carolyn Dunn on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:30:00 PST

365.1.10.08

winter countDeepened octaves of winter,three different words forsnowand we can't seemto fathom even one.Bringing us to our knees, the road endshere, in a mist of sky,water, and airgreeting earth ina k...
Posted by Carolyn Dunn on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:54:00 PST

Notes Left on the Door of 46th Street: the saga of a familys global imprint, pt 1

I.Henry- when are you coming home?Department of Water and Power 48 hour notice: please do not mail your bill. Your service at 926 W. 46th Street may be turned off if payment of 196.74 is not made to o...
Posted by Carolyn Dunn on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:21:00 PST

365.1.3.8

a blessing ofbirth and life,living in eyes of depths and darkness,she smiles a smileof 1000 year old starlight,bright in the darkestmoments of a sunlitand dawning sky.all things end,but in her,a heart...
Posted by Carolyn Dunn on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:42:00 PST

365.1.1.08

A New Year...a New blog!! Yippee!! New resolutions include taking better care of myself, finishing a dang dissertation, getting student papers back at an earlier pace (yippee!), and writing a poem a ...
Posted by Carolyn Dunn on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:05:00 PST

Still Angela Davis!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!! Two years later, I am still Dr. Davis--- my mother would be so proud!!!Which Western feminist icon are you?You are Angela Davis! You were the THIRD WOMYN IN HISTORY to appear on the FBI's Most...
Posted by Carolyn Dunn on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:01:00 PST

365.4

The hair of the makeris embedded uponthe embroideredmatch of patchwork,stares along the silencesof a 12:32 am dream.Time stopswhen the signal ends,intermittent andfading ast,catching a breathupon a wi...
Posted by Carolyn Dunn on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:13:00 PST

365.2

across needlesof pure and dappled green,fingers stretchalong the palmsof a rooted dream.We move acrossthe firewaysand seams of a placeonce madeby sand,from clay and breathblackened by the sunand finis...
Posted by Carolyn Dunn on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:08:00 PST